Storm window and screen



Feb. 1932. I I NYDER 1,845,206

STORM WINDOW AND SCREEN Filed July 10, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR L600 76. J2? Jen '6W km.

ATTORN YS Feb 16, 1932. 1.. R. SNYDER STORM WINDOW AND SCREEN Filed July 10, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v BY W3 R Y W m m v T m M Patented Feb. 16, 1932 LEO E. SNYDER, or GULL LAKE, MICHIGAN s'romvr wmnow AND SCREEN Application filed July 10,

The objects of the invention are First, to provide an improved storm WlIldow.

Second, to provide a window in which i glazed sashes are interchangeable with screen sashes.

Third, to providea storm Window or window screen structure which may be manipulated with comparatively little efiort and from the inside.

Fourth, to providev a storm Window of this type having improved and highly effective weather sealing means associated therewith.

Objects relating to details and economies of my invention Wlll appear from the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a fragmentary elevation of the outside of a storm window embodying the desirable features of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, itsrelation to a window casing and its window being shown by dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 33 of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary rear elevation of a glazed sash.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary inside elevation of the auxiliary or storm window frame. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary outside elevatlon of a modification partly broken away showing an adaptation to a metal casing.

Fig. 7 is a transverse section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 of afurther modification showing an all-metal structure, and

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary vertical section of the further modification in metal.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate practical embodiments of my invention, numeral 1 indicates a window frame or casing with which my storm window 2 is adapted to be used. A portion only of the main window frame is illustrated by dotted lines.

The storm window 2 comprises a frame 3 1931. Serial No. 549,946.

consisting of a top portion 4, cross piece 5, a

bottom portion 6 and side portions 7. The

crosspiece 5 divides the'frame 2 into an upper sash receiving opening 8 and a lower sash receiving opening 9. The sash receiving openings are provided with shoulders 10 which constitute seats for the upper and lower sashes 11 and 12.

The bottom rail and the mid rail of the frame are provided with weatherstrips 13 having longitudinal tongues 14 projecting upwardly therefrom. The bottom rails of the sash are provided with grooves 15 which are adapted to receive the tongues 14. The arrangement between thesash and the opening is such that the sash may be swung about the bottom groove and tongue connection when it is desired to insert or remove the sash.

The upper and side sash seats are provided with longitudinal grooves 16 which are adapted to receive tongues 17 or weatherstrips 18 which are secured to the upper and side outer faces of the sash.

As indicated by Fig. 3, the Weatherstrip 18 is secured to the sash by means of nails or screws 19. Interchangeable screen or glazed sashes are preferably provided for insertion in the sash receiving openings. For example, as indicated by Fig. 6, the lower sash is provided with a screen 20 while the upper sash is provided with a glass pane 21.

The sashes are detachably secured to the frame by means of detents 22 which are disposed on opposite sides of the frame so as to face inwardly. The detents 22 are preferably forced outwardly by compression springs (not shown) so as to engage detent screws 29 carry tubular spacing members 31 disposed between the outside of the main frame 25 and the inside of the storm window frame.

Referring to the modification illustrated by Figs. 8 and 9, the storm window frame comprises suitably shaped hollow metal members 32 and 33 which are substantially identical in shape with the wood storm window frame described above. By the use of sheet metal, however, the need for weatherstrips is obviated inasmuch as the sheet metal members are formed so as to provide a bottom groove 34, and upper and side grooves 35 which are adapted to receive a bottom tongue 36 and upper and side tongues 37 formed on the sheet metal sash 38. It is to be noted that in this modification also the groove and tongue connection between the bottom of the sash and the bottom of the frame is one wherein the frame has a groove and the sash has a tongue. In the embodiment illustrated by Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the sash is provided with a bottom groove which coacts with a tongue provided on the storm window frame.

The sheet metal stormwindow frame may be connected to a metal window frame as described above in connection with Fig. 7 or it may be connected to a wood frame by means of detents as described above in connection with Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

It is to be understood that various changes may be made in the preferred embodiments of the invention illustrated and described without departing from the scope of the following claims.

Having thus I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window comprising a frame provided with top, side and bottom sash seats, a sash,

said sash and the bottom sash seat having a longitudinal groove and tongue connection between their abutting horizontal faces constituting a hinge for said sash, said sash and said top and side seats having longitudinal groove and tongue connections between their abutting vertical faces, means releasably securing said sash to said frame, and means for securing said frame to a window frame.

2. A window comprising a frame provided with top, side and bottom sash seats, a sash, said sash and the bottom sash seat having :1.

described my inventiomwhat' longitudinal groove and tongue connection between their abutting horizontal faces constituting a hinge for said sash, said sash and said top and side seats having longitudinal groove and tongue connections between their abutting vertical faces, and means releasably securing said sash to said frame.

3. A window comprising a frame having sash seats therein, and a sash adapted for disposal in said seats, said sash and one side of said frame having a groove and tongue connection whereby the sash may be swung about said connection, and said sash and the other seats having groove .and tongue connections lying in the path of movement of said sash when swung about said side connection, said groove and tongue connection constituting a weather seal when said sash is disposed in said seats.

4. A window comprising a frame having sash seats therein, a Weatherstrip on one side of said frame having a longitudinal tongue, the other seats having grooves in the faces thereof, a sash coacting with said seats and having a groove registering with said tongue, and a Weatherstrip carried by the other three sides of said sash having tongues registering with said seat grooves whereby said sash may be inserted in and removed from said seats by a swinging movement about said side tongue.

5. A window comprising a frame having a sash opening and provided with shoulders, a sash disposed in said opening having its edges registering with the edges thereof and its side abutting said shoulders, a tongue and groove connection between one of the sides of said opening and said sash, and tongue and groove connections between the other shoulders and the inner side of sash.

-6. A window comprising a sheet metal frame having a sash opening provided with shoulders constituting sash seats, a sheet metal sash adapted for disposal in said opening, said sash having one side provided with a groove and tongue connection with one side of said opening and the other sides provided with groove and tongue connections with said shoulders, and means for detachably securing said frame to a window frame.

7. A window comprising a sheet metal frame having a sash opening provided with shoulders constituting sash seats, and a sheet metal sash adapted for disposal in said opening, said sash having one side provided with a groove and tongue connection with one side of said opening and the other sides provided with groove and tongue connections with said shoulders.

8. A window comprising a frame having a sash opening provided with shoulder-like sash seats, and a sash, one side of said sash and one side of said opening having a tongue and groove connection and the other sides of said sash and their coacting seats having tongue and groove connections.

9. A window comprising a frame having sash openings, the sides of which are providcd with sash abutting shoulders, one side of said opening being provided with a-longi tudinal groove and the other shoulders being provided with longitudinal grooves, and

- sashes for said openings having sides registering with said opening sides and faces abutting with said shoulders, the sash side registerlng with said side groove having a tongue engaging said groove, and said other sash faces having tongues engaging said shoulder grooves.

10. The combination with a window frame having spaced threaded holes therein, of a storm window therefor comprising a frame having sash seats therein, a Weatherstrip on one side of said frame having a longitudinal tongue, the other seats having grooves in the faces thereof, a sash adapted for disposal in saidseats having agroove registering with said tongue, a Weatherstrip carried by the other three sides of said frame having tongues registering with said seat grooves whereby said sash may be inserted in and removed from said seats by rotation about said side tongue, said frame having screw holes aligned with said threaded holes, screws extending through said screw holes and engaging said threaded holes, and tubular spacers disposed on said screws between said frames for spacing them apart.

11. The combination with a window frame having spaced threaded holes therein, of a storm window therefor comprising a frame having sash seats therein, a Weatherstrip on one side of said frame having a longitudinal tongue, the other sea-ts having grooves in the faces thereof, a sash adapted for disposal in said seats having a groove registering with said tongue, and a. Weatherstrip carried by the other three sides of said frame having tongues registering with said seat grooves whereby said sash may be inserted in and removed from said seats by rotation about said side tongue. I

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

- LEON R. SNYDER. 

